Drug sharing with clients as a risk marker for increased violence and sexual and drug-related harms among survival sex workers

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-241

  Shannon, K ^a,b,d   Kerr, T ^a,b   Bright, V ^a   Gibson, K ^c   Tyndall, M W ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WISH Drop In Centre Society   (Canada)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; COMMUNITY CARE; CRACK PIPE; DEVICE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SMOKING; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVAL SEX WORKER; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN RELATION; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDOMS; CRACK COCAINE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEEDLE SHARING; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 43249090137     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701487658     Document Type: Article

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